Malthus : the life and legacies of an untimely prophet

Robert J. Mayhew

Prologue: opening the door on Malthus's rollercoaster -- Before Malthus: population, economy and environment in eighteenth century England -- Prophets of perfection: a revolutionary triptych -- The first inconvenient truth: Malthus's essay and the quiet revolution of 1798 -- "Diarrhoea of the intellect": Malthus as the malign muse of romanticism -- Malthus and the making of environmental economics -- Malthus and the Victorians: age of eclipse or éminence grise? -- Devils disclosed: Malthus and the dismal age -- Spaceships and slums, bets and bombs: Malthus the transatlantic celebrity -- Malthus today: new population bombs, climate change and collapse -- Epilogue: high time for the untimely prophet

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Mayhew, Robert J.
Other Persons:	Malthus, Thomas Robert (contributor)
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press
Subject:	Thomas Robert Malthus \| Ökonomen \| Economists \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| Bevölkerungstheorie \| Population theory \| Umweltökonomik \| Environmental economics \| Ökonomische Ideengeschichte \| History of economic thought \| Theorie \| Theory \| An essay on the principle of population as it affects the future improvement of the society \| Principles of political economy considered with a view to their practical application \| Demographie \| Ressourcen \| Umwelt \| Ideengeschichte
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [h-net.org]